In 1910, he lived in Holyoke and worked as a teamster. He was 24, Adelia was 22, Odanna was 2, and Eva was newly born. They lived at 559 South Canal Street.

Emigrated in 1923, entering at Newport, Vermont. Thomas, 38, and Emilia, 35, arrived with Gracia, 8, Joseph, 7, Leda, 5, and Simone, 1 4/12. Thomas was a carpenter. They came from Breakeyville and were headed to Holyoke, Massachusetts. The relative they left behind was his father Thomas, in St. Narcisse, Quebec. Thomas and Emilia had both been to the US before, he in Massachusetts and she in Maine. The last time he left the US was in June of 1923, and the last time she left was in 1914. Thomas was going to see his uncle Abraham Bonneau at 560 Canal Street in Holyoke, and she said she and the children were joining her husband at 567 Canal Street. Alfreda had brown hair and brown eyes.